Abstract:
:Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is the diagnostic procedure of choice for evaluation of liver lesions. Although primarily applied to malignant disease, it is also used in the evaluation of benign conditions. Improvements in imaging techniques and advances in cytologic interpretations, as well as production of new biopsy needles, have all contributed to the rapid increase in radiologically guided liver FNAB.
journal_name
Clin Lab Medjournal_title
Clinics in laboratory medicineauthors
Pitman MBsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1998-09-01 00:00:00pages
483-506, viissue
3eissn
0272-2712issn
1557-9832journal_volume
18pub_type
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journal_title:Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.cll.2006.03.007
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abstract::The red cell indices of mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration have been standard methods of evaluating anemia since they were developed by Wintrobe in the 1930s. This article discusses the technical variabilities that have rendered the classic red cell indi...
journal_title:Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章,评审
doi:
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abstract::This article reviews the concept of dysplasia and the distinguishing features of dysplastic nevi, including their premalignant potential, their biologic markers of tumor progression, and their reproducibly recognizable clinical and histologic characteristics. An additional emphasis is placed on describing gray zone m...
journal_title:Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2000-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Laboratory information systems (LISs) supply mission-critical capabilities for the vast array of information-processing needs of modern laboratories. LIS architectures include mainframe, client-server, and thin client configurations. The LIS database software manages a laboratory's data. LIS dictionaries are database ...
journal_title:Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.cll.2015.09.002
更新日期:2016-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::B-cell lymphomas represent approximately 20% to 25% of primary cutaneous lymphomas. Within this group, most cases (>99%) are encompassed by 3 diagnostic entities: primary cutaneous marginal zone lymphoma, primary cutaneous follicle center lymphoma, and primary cutaneous diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, leg type. In this...
journal_title:Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.cll.2017.05.009
更新日期:2017-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::At the present time, the use of molecular techniques for diagnosing the neurologic porphyrias is limited mainly to those laboratories doing research in the area. Because any of four genes may be involved, it is important to confirm the diagnosis in the index case before undertaking molecular investigation. With advanc...
journal_title:Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1997-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::This article attempts to define and identify sources of variation in laboratory analysis that occur predominantly "away" from the analytic bench. Problems in the derivation and application of reference ranges are reviewed and sources of non-analytic error are "located" within the entire testing cycle. Reference source...
journal_title:Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1986-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Autoimmune aPL are associated with a well-defined clinical syndrome of vascular thromboses, recurrent fetal loss, thrombocytopenia, livedo reticularis, and valvular and neurologic abnormalities. A clinical diagnosis of SLE need not be present, and aPL syndrome in the absence of other well-defined autoimmune disease is...
journal_title:Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1992-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1985-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::To overcome the significant mortality associated with ovarian cancer, a highly sensitive and specific screening test is urgently needed. CA-125 testing is used to monitor response to chemotherapy, detect recurrence, and detect late stage ovarian cancer. However, CA-125 testing, alone or in combination with ultrasonogr...
journal_title:Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.cll.2009.02.001
更新日期:2009-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Automated image processing analysis for leukocyte differential counting started 30 years ago principally as a mimic of the traditional microscopic method. Several types of systems were used in the 1970s and 1980s. In the late 1990s, two new image processing systems were developed with new technology for cell image ana...
journal_title:Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0272-2712(03)00076-3
更新日期:2002-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The mean platelet volume measurement can reflect changes in either the level of platelet stimulation or rate of platelet production. The controversy related to whether platelets change volume or density in the circulation is still not clearly resolved, and although the relationship between platelet number and size and...
journal_title:Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1993-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Respiratory viruses continue to be major causes of morbidity and mortality. Currently available chemotherapy is limited to oral amantadine for uncomplicated influenza A and aerosolized ribavirin for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections. Amantadine is also efficacious for chemoprophylaxis of influenza A virus i...
journal_title:Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1987-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::There are many types of ANA and they may react with different nuclear components varying from nucleic acids to both basic and acidic nuclear proteins. Recent investigations have demonstrated that it is important not only to detect the presence and quantity of the ANA, but also to identify the immunologic specificities...
journal_title:Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1986-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study examines the relationship between D-dimer concentration and patient age, gender, race, and renal function, and the role of D-dimer concentration as a predictor of in-hospital mortality, in a critically ill patient population. The results demonstrate there is a correlation between increased D-dimer concentra...
journal_title:Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.cll.2014.06.015
更新日期:2014-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The search for clinical outcomes associated with antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) has been ongoing for a decade. This article focuses on the clinical use of tests for the detection of aPL. A review of the current thinking regarding the pathophysiology of antiphospholipid syndromes is relevant to the discussion of dif...
journal_title:Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1995-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::ALP is a profoundly ubiquitous enzyme that originates in many, if not all, mammalian tissues. The development of a simple ISEF technique has allowed reflection of at least 12 cellular components. Improvements in technique may add further zones of information. The aura of darkness surrounding ALP is being slowly dissip...
journal_title:Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1989-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The 2014 to 2016 Ebola virus disease (EVD), through the sheer size of the outbreak and combined experience within both resource-rich and resource-poor settings, allowed for more information to be gained about the clinical and pathologic features of EVD. This review highlights the range of aspects of EVD that the autho...
journal_title:Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.cll.2017.01.003
更新日期:2017-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Diseases due to nontuberculous mycobacteria are increasing in frequency, especially in patients with compromised immunity. A number of "new" mycobacterial species have been described in the last decade, largely as the result of the use of new tools to identify previously unrecognized mycobacteria found in the environm...
journal_title:Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.cll.2004.05.011
更新日期:2004-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Certain serum autoantibodies serve as useful diagnostic markers in AiLD; however, the etiology and pathogenesis of AiLD remain unknown. Although AiLD is characterized by the presence of autoantibodies and other humoral immune abnormalities, there is significant evidence that cell-mediated immune mechanisms are critica...
journal_title:Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1997-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cyclosporine (CsA) monitoring has remained controversial since the advent of the use of CsA in organ transplantation in the early 1980s. This article attempts to clarify for the clinical laboratory worker many of the vagaries associated with CsA monitoring by considering choice of sample matrix, the nature of metaboli...
journal_title:Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1991-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Drug testing of patients in a psychiatric outpatient service is an effective way to identify patients who relapse into renewed use of drugs of abuse and in monitoring the effectiveness of ongoing medical and psychological therapy. Most of this testing involves the analysis of urine specimens with immunoassays. Hair te...
journal_title:Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1998-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::In marked contrast to their historical classification as relatively harmless, common cold-causing, respiratory pathogens, human coronaviruses (HCoVs) are associated with more severe clinical complications, as emphasized by the discovery of severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated CoV (SARS-CoV) in 2003. Still, the...
journal_title:Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.cll.2009.07.007
更新日期:2009-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.cll.2019.05.007
更新日期:2019-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::This article has presented information concerning the ultrastructural features and, to a lesser degree, the immunohistochemical characteristics of lung neoplasms. Electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry are useful techniques for diagnosing and understanding common and rare lung tumors. Electron microscopy is part...
journal_title:Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1987-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Objective evidence-based national surveys serve as a first step in identifying suitable point-of-care device designs, effective test clusters, and environmental operating conditions. Preliminary survey results show the need for point-of-care testing (POCT) devices using test clusters that specifically detect pathogens...
journal_title:Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.cll.2009.07.014
更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The authors describe a system for collecting usage metrics from widely distributed automation systems. An application that records and stores usage data centrally, calculates run times, and charts the data was developed. Data were collected over 20 months from at least 28 workstations. The application was used to plot...
journal_title:Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.cll.2006.12.001
更新日期:2007-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::At the start of the twenty-first century, a dramatic change occurred in the clinical laboratory community. Concepts from Metrology, the science of measurement, began to be formally applied to clinical laboratory field methods, resulting in a new appreciation of metrological calibrator traceability. It is a change beca...
journal_title:Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.cll.2016.09.010
更新日期:2017-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::With emerging antimicrobial resistance, rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) is needed to provide early definitive therapeutic guidance to optimize patient outcome. Genotypic methods are fast, but can identify only a subset of known resistance elements. Phenotypic methods determine clinically predictive mi...
journal_title:Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.cll.2019.04.001
更新日期:2019-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Point-of-care testing is an emerging specialty in laboratory medicine and has attracted considerable interest in the medical literature. This article presents a general overview of point-of-care testing including its history, menu, clinical utility, aspects of analytical performance, regulatory issues, and management ...
journal_title:Clinics in laboratory medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2001-06-01 00:00:00